Development Challenges in Bhutan: Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness

Johannes Dragsbæk Schmidt

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47925-5_1

Development Challenges in Bhutan: Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness

Johannes Dragsbæk Schmidt

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Abstract

The chapter aims to analyze Bhutan’s recent historical and contemporary development trajectory through a combined focus on both political economy and political culture. The combination of Gross National Happiness (GNH), democracy and the universal delivery of social services show a number of problems and potential contradictions. The objective is to give an overall critical insight into issues related to nation-building, GNH and inequality understood not only as a material or socio-economic term relating to income, assets, land, resources, health and gender but also as a political cultural construct relating to ethnicity, religion, participation, influence and collective and individual rights. The chapter introduces the issues covered by the contributions to the book and briefly describes the aims of each chapter.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Development Challenges in Bhutan : Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness
Redaktører	Johannes Dragsbæk-Schmidt
Antal sider	35
Udgivelsessted	Berlin
Forlag	Springer
Publikationsdato	2017
Sider	1-35
Kapitel	1
Ansøger	Danida / Danish Foreign Ministry
ISBN (Trykt)	978-3-319-47924-8
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-3-319-47925-5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47925-5_1
Status	Udgivet - 2017

Navn	Contemporary South Asian Studies
ISSN	2509-4173

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Development Challenges in Bhutan: Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness. / Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbæk.
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